#8937B9#8937B9

#8937B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.199 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937B9
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 70.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 56.02, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 77.66, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.1279 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.199 310)
XYZ	xyz(20.4380, 11.5540, 47.0430)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937B9 #67B937

analogous

#4837B9 #8937B9 #B937A8

triadic

#8937B9 #B98937 #37B989

tetradic

#8937B9 #B94837 #67B937 #37A8B9

square

#8937B9 #B94837 #67B937 #37A8B9

split-complementary

#8937B9 #A8B937 #37B948

monochromatic

#431B5B #66298A #8937B9 #A55ECF #C08DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8937B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8937B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937B9

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937B9	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2061B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.199 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cf',
    500: '#8937b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937b9;
$custom-light: #b075cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51181,
    "c": 0.19876,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.11554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937B9

secondary

#9DC884

accent

#DE4A81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937B9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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